Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Justisaur Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN APRIL 2025? Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 14:16:33 -0700 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: References: <9dn91klopccs7v5pohcccpcigiqko3m4h7@4ax.com> <7d5k1k9auf1veefoudpknl4702s889qmk0@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 21:16:34 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3423177"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Qhe2PUx7m0g9bYSXAivnRF/BNu0vlRR08ycHrj9WPKg"; User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird In-Reply-To: <7d5k1k9auf1veefoudpknl4702s889qmk0@4ax.com> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Content-Language: en-US On 5/6/2025 7:13 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 2025 08:50:23 -0700, Justisaur > wrote: > >> On 5/2/2025 7:59 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >>> Apparently so. There's this one nutcase, for instance, who keeps >>> bringing up NFTs, for instance. There are some real weirdos on this >>> newsgroups, I tell you what! > >> I haven't heard anything about NFTs in awhile. Surely they've gone the >> way of the Dodo (but I mourn the Dodo.) > > That almost sounds like a challenge to me. ;-) > > > Well, let's see. There was the recent server failure where the host of > a bunch of NFT images went down and people were no longer able to > access the pig-pictures (or whatever butt-ugly 'art' they'd bought) > that they'd purchased. The server was later restored, but it proved > how ephemerally valueless NFTs are; you don't own the JPG, have no > control over the hosting, anybody (or anything) can make it disappear > and you have no control over it. Knowing that, it makes you wonder why > anybody would pay thousands of dollars for the things. > > > > Meanwhile, people who bought Nike NFTs are suing Nike for not properly > supporting their NFTs. Basically, back when NFTs were the 'new > hotness', Nike issued some NFTs. When it turned out that they were a > slimey pyramid scheme and that no sensible business should be involved > with NFTs, Nike started winding down their NFT operations. Obviously, > this caused the remaining Nike NFTs to plunge in value > > [wait, shouldn't they have gone up in value, if they were > suddenly more rare? It's almost like NFTs don't have any > intrinsic value and are only a method of suckering in new > users who don't understand the value. Huh. Imagine that] > > Anyway, the people who bought the NFTs saw their stupid sneaker-pics > suddenly become worth nothing, and are suing Nike for not doubling > down on the scheme so they could remain rich. Gee, I'm sure that won't > make companies give second thoughts to entering the NFT market in the > future. "You have to keep supporting this forever or we'll SUE you!" > > > > Meanwhile meanwhile, numerous NFT marketplaces are shutting down > because, surprise surprise, people don't care about the damn things > and even _hosting_ a bunch of tiny JPGs is no longer profitable. X2Y2, > thge third-largest NFT marketplace, just pulled stakes in the end of > April, and it's not the first to do so. > > > > So things are looking bright on the NFT front! Buy now. New SpallsCoin > coming soon; use them to buy SpallsNFTs! And we're working on > SpallsGame that will allow you to buy lootboxes that reveal NFT > SpallsMTX that you will own and can resell on the soon to be launched > SpallsCryptoMarket. ;-) > > > (and now I gotta go take a shower. I browsed so many crypto-shit pages > that I feel dirty from all the slime. And its not even convincing; > it's got all the class of a porn website except they're not selling > anything anybody wants.) -- -Justisaur ø-ø (\_/)\ `-'\ `--.___, ¶¬'\( ,_.-' \\ ^'